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Emergency medical helicopter en route to hospital on VFR flight plan encountered IMC conditions, filed an IFR flight plan en route and continued with normal approach and landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 326978 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199602 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 6000 msl bound upper : 6000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : zzz |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 326978 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
EMS flight en route to hospital at night. Encountered unforecast WX (IFR). Filed IFR to make destination. (Forecast was VFR.) normal IFR en route and approach accomplished. There was a WX advisory for chance of icing and light to moderate precipitation below 15000 ft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EMER MEDICAL HELI ENRTE TO HOSPITAL ON VFR FLT PLAN ENCOUNTERED IMC CONDITIONS, FILED AN IFR FLT PLAN ENRTE AND CONTINUED WITH NORMAL APCH AND LNDG.
Narrative: EMS FLT ENRTE TO HOSPITAL AT NIGHT. ENCOUNTERED UNFORECAST WX (IFR). FILED IFR TO MAKE DEST. (FORECAST WAS VFR.) NORMAL IFR ENRTE AND APCH ACCOMPLISHED. THERE WAS A WX ADVISORY FOR CHANCE OF ICING AND LIGHT TO MODERATE PRECIPITATION BELOW 15000 FT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.